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A study has found 53% of 100 children with kidney stones did not have a history of painful or bloody urination. The study found many had general abdominal pain rather than flank pain, which is usually associated with kidney stones.

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A study presented at a National Kidney Foundation meeting linked consumption of eight to 10 glasses of water per day to a 50% lower risk of kidney stones. Researchers said water helps prevent urine from being concentrated with waste, and frequent urination can help to keep minerals that cause kidney stones from settling in the kidneys and urinary tract.

Women in violent relationships are more likely than other women to have a variety of medical problems beyond bruises and depression, including abdominal pain, chest pain, headaches, acid reflux and urinary tract infections, a study found. The researchers said health care professionals should consider more carefully if female patients are being abused.

Women in violent relationships are more likely than other women to have a variety of medical problems beyond bruises and depression, including abdominal pain, chest pain, headaches, acid reflux and urinary tract infections, a study found. The researchers said health care professionals should consider more carefully if female patients are being abused.

Diabetes may be a predisposing factor for certain kidney stones, and the rising rate of diabetes may explain the rising incidence of kidney stones in the U.S. and around the world, according to new research. A study of diabetes patients with kidney stones found the diabetes association was particularly high among patients with uric acid stones.

A new study shows a "dramatic link" between weight gain and the development of kidney stones. Women typically run only half the chance of men for developing the potentially painful stones, but the study found that men who had gained 35 pounds since early adulthood were about 40% more likely to suffer kidney stones, while women who gained the same amount were about 70% more likely to develop the stones, compared to people with normal weight.